Entries by Vincent Brogan

Our muddled approach to teenage drinking is in marked contrast to the consistent tough stance we adopt when warning the young about the perils of 'hard' drugs. Lecturing teenagers on the evils of alcohol while peddling it to them for half nothing sends them the wrong signal.

Smokers planning to quit should read the Million Women Study recently published in the prestigious medical journal, the Lancet. It will confirm their worst fears. They are likely to die a lot younger than non smokers. But it will also inspire them to redouble their efforts to...

A scheme to get claimants off long term disability back to work is turning into something of a PR nightmare for the government. The sight of disabled protesters and their growing number of supporters taking to the streets, after a widely acclaimed Paralympics, is one it might wish to avoid.